Wire mesh tubes that are surgical placed within the artery (recently cleared through angioplasty) via a catheter threaded through the artery. It is opened to form a rigid support to hold the clogged artery open to potentially prevent recurrent narrowing.

metal devices placed permanently inside an artery during angioplasty to help keep it open.

wire scaffold to hold a tube, such as an artery, open

metal parts of the endovascular graft that provide support and hold it in place.

Devices similar to coils (defined above), with a slightly different design.